poet

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpəʊɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpoʊɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pō′it)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
po•et /ˈpoʊɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Poetryone who writes poetry.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
po•et  (pō′it),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Poetrya person who composes poetry.
  2. a person who has the gift of poetic thought, imagination, and creation, together with eloquence of expression.
  • Greek poiēté̄s poet, literally, maker, equivalent. to poiē-, variant stem of poieîn to make + -tēs agent noun, nominal suffix
  • Latin poēta
  • Middle English poete 1250–1300
po′et•less, adj. 
po′et•like′, adj. 
    1. versifier, bard.
poet., 
    1. poetic.
    2. poetical.
    3. poetry.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
poet /ˈpəʊɪt/, (sometimes when feminine) poetess n
  1. a person who writes or performs poetry
  2. a person with great imagination and creativity
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin poēta, from Greek poiētēs maker, poet, from poiein to make
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